A group of 13 SU students balance demanding studies with frontline wildfire response. Volunteer Wildfire Services crews hike into the most inaccessible terrain to fight blazes by hand. From juggling academic work to facing 10-metre walls of...

Urobo Biotech claimed the R100 000 grand prize at the high-profile two-day SWEAT Africa 2026 event. Fellow SU spin-out companies ReSurfify and Nanosene also showcased their innovations, underlining the University’s growing footprint in...

Dual Excellence: Jana-Mari is successfully balancing high-level academics as a Master’s student in Industrial Engineering with an elite athletic career. National Debut: After six years with the Maties hockey team, she recently earned her...

International Mother Language Day was celebrated on 21 February. Mother-tongue instruction is important for learner success. Multilingualism must be promoted in all spheres of society.

Recharging Hope is a seven-part documentary series about an SU-led team's epic journey through Africa on a solar-powered bike. The premiere event provided an opportunity to see first-hand how electric transport solutions can be adapted for...

Stellenbosch Journalism celebrated its 2024 graduates on March 24, honoring PhD, Master’s, and Honours students. News24’s Paul Herman inspired the alumni with stories of local success, while top performers received special prizes during...

Prof Herman Wasserman addressed SU’s first 2025 Thought Leader Event on the dangers of deepfakes and disinformation. As director of the new Centre for Information Integrity in Africa, he proposed solutions like media literacy and regulation...

Ubaid has graduated with a Journalism Honours from Stellenbosch University. Balancing social media stardom with rigorous academics, Ubaid’s journey highlights the power of passion, hard work, and storytelling.

Gerhard Durandt, a Junior Lecturer at SU, won Best Student Presentation at SACAM 2025. His PhD research uses digital twins and Kalman filters to estimate fatigue life for the SA Agulhas II. An avid marathon runner, Gerhard aims to take his...

Prof. Pieter Rousseau leads the Voigt Chair in Thermofluid Systems Modelling at Stellenbosch. Blending CFD and AI, his research tackles complex challenges in renewable energy, power cycles, and even diagnostics for human heart disease.